The New and Determined Leslie - in Conflict with Luz:By the next morning, Leslie refused to be intimidated by her rival incumbent Luz, and was determined to become a real Texan.They are ominously recognized by an old Spanish woman who crosses herself, a fireman, and other townsfolk outside the Ramirez Saloon.] In fact, here were four musical "prologues" in he film - although the first one, a cat-themed song-and-dance, was very brief ("Sittin"" on a Backyard Fence") and part of a rehearsal.The film""s opening itle credits included a studio disclaimer in an attempt to remain neutral and not take sides in its story of conflict between two societal classes - the rich land-owning planters and the poor, tenant cotton-picking farmers:In many parts of the South today, there exists an endless dispute between the rich land-owners, known as planters and the poor cotton pickers, known as tenants or ""peckerwoods"".In he Hollywood remakeThe Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)by director Scott Derrickson, starring Keanu Reeves (as Klaatu) and Jennifer Connelly (as Helen Benson), the spaceship landed in New York""s Central Park, with the theme of global ecological damage rather han nuclear war.